Interacting using the command line

Interacting (mkdir)

• mkdir - make directory
  • Create new folder from current position

mkdir <name of new folder>

No blanks in folder names!

Interacting (rmdir)

• rmdir - remove empty directory

rmdir <name of directory>

Interacting (cp)

• cp - copy a file

cp <name of original> <name of copy>

Interacting (cp)

• cp - copy a file

cp <name of original> <name of copy>

Never use blanks in your folder/file names!

Interacting (cp)

• cp - copy a file

cp <name of original> <name of copy>

cp copied_file analysis/

Interacting (cp)

• cp - copy a file

cp <name of original> <name of copy>

cd analysis/
cp copied_file ../data/raw_data

Interacting (cp)

• cp - copy a file

Linux never asks before overwriting existing files!

Interacting (mv)

• mv - move a file

mv <name of the file> <name of the “copy”>

mv ../copied_file .

Notice! the . denotes the current location

Interacting (mv)

• mv - rename a file

mv <name of the file> <name of the “copy”>

mv copied_file my_renamed_file

Interacting (rm)

• rm - remove a file

rm <name of the file>

rm copied_file

Interacting (rm)

• rm - remove a file

rm <name of the file>

rm ../original_file

Interacting (rm)

• rm - remove a file

rm <name of the file>

There is NO trash bin in CLI! Gone is gone!

Interacting (*)

• * - wildcards
  • Works on most linux commands

ls -l *.txt

Interacting (*)

• * - wildcards
  • Works on most linux commands

cp *.txt myfolder/
rm *.txt

Summary

• mkdir - make a new directory
• rmdir - remove empty directory
• cp - copy file from one location to another
• mv - move/rename file
• rm - remove file
• * - wildcard to match several files